[Retributivism is] a mysterious piece of moral alchemy, in which the two evils of moral wickedness and suffering are transmuted into good.
H. L. A. Hart, Punishment and Responsibility: Essays in the Philosophy of Law, Oxford, 1968, pp. 234-235
[Retributivism is] a mysterious piece of moral alchemy, in which the two evils of moral wickedness and suffering are transmuted into good.
H. L. A. Hart, Punishment and Responsibility: Essays in the Philosophy of Law, Oxford, 1968, pp. 234-235